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State law loophole allows former criminals to work in elder care facilities
Generally, criminal background checks weed out job seekers with prior criminal convictions. However, state law offers former criminals an appeals process that gives them a second chance, according to an investigation by Minnesota's Star Tribune.
Updated: 12/14/2011 06:30A
STATE: Attorney general announces creation of eCrime Unit targeting technology
Identity theft: The Internet provides new ways for criminals to steal personal information and identities whether through email phishing scams or trolling the Internet for personal information about others. Fraud committed using the Internet: This
Updated: 12/14/2011 06:22A
Summary Judgments for Dec. 14
The agency today wrapped up an investigation of a fatal highway accident in Gray Summit, Missouri, where traffic last August had backed up due to roadwork, according to the NTSB's findings. When a Volvo truck-tractor slowed, it was struck by a pickup
Updated: 12/14/2011 06:13A
Crime victims and police welcome legal say
The new positions must be filled by a police officer of the rank of senior sergeant or below who is involved in criminal law enforcement duties, and a victim of crime who is involved in the management of a victims of crime support or advocacy group.
Updated: 12/14/2011 06:12A
President enacts law on decriminalization of economic crimes
At the same time, MPs denied support to the opposition's amendment calling for decriminalization of Article 365 of the Criminal Code, under which the former prime minister and leader of the opposition party Batkivshchyna, Yulia Tymoshenko,
Updated: 12/14/2011 06:06A
The European Protection Order gets Parliament support
Now, Member States will have three years to transpose this directive into national law. The European Parliament approved the European Protection Order (EPO) directive that will enable anyone protected under criminal law in one EU state to apply for
Updated: 12/14/2011 06:01A
Zimbabwe: Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe Personnel Denied Freedom
The three are being charged under Section 25 of the Public Order and Security Act, which criminalises the organising of a gathering without notifying the police, and Section 37 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, which outlaws the
Updated: 12/14/2011 06:00A
Africa: One African President Speaks Truth to Power On the ICC
In the diplomatic equivalent of a blowback, and proving the increasing relevance of international criminal law (and its potential political ramifications), the Sudanese government ordered the immediate expulsion of Kenya's ambassador to Sudan.
Updated: 12/14/2011 05:55A
North Cyprus leader: Proposal to repeal anti-gay laws “has been submitted”
Confirming the action he promised in October, Dr Ero?lu said: “The draft proposal for the repeal of the part of the Criminal Code, Chapter 154, which penalizes same sex sexual activity has been submitted to the general Assembly on 25 October 2011 by a
Updated: 12/14/2011 05:54A
Safer roads
The threshold for being charged with impaired driving under Canada's Criminal Code remains at .08. Alberta's new law does impose tougher sanctions for anyone over .08, just as it strengthens
Updated: 12/14/2011 05:23A
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